Different faces of old age as perceived by the students of Polish studies
Different faces of old age as perceived by the students of Polish studies
Author(s): Małgorzata Gajak-ToczekSubject(s): Philosophy, Language studies, Education, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: senility; education of the aging; philosophy of aging; contemporary literature
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article Different faces of old age as perceived by the students of Polish studies is to present how old teachers perceive old age. The exemplification material consists of three texts: Winter tale. An essay on the old age of Ryszard Przybylski, “The Old Man’s Route”. An attempt at old age politics by Tadeusz Sławek and Lala Jacek Dehnel. Hermeneutical reading allowed for the creation of several images of autumn of life: a painful, marked by suffering attempts to overcome and suffering in a creative act; old age as a possibility of a deeper look at the spiritual dimension of human existence and old age reconciled with the laws of transiting the events immersed in the act of memorization.
Journal: Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica
- Issue Year: 56/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 231-252
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English